What is

What is counselling and psychotherapy?

It is a space to call your own

Therapy can be different for every person who enters my room. Its precious time to step away from life. A space to be heard, respected and accepted no matter what you bring. You might want a space to vent or offload or maybe you’d like to pull apart the past and put it back together again without the ouchies, healing the past so that it doesn’t take up your energy now. You can clear your head and get your thoughts straight. We can analyse and help you to understand yourself and other people better. You can figure out what is going on for you and what you want from life, exploring what feels out of alignment.

There is often stigma attached to therapy but in fact it’s the most courageous thing you can do – take the time to look at yourself, your life and reassess to make sure that you’re living an authentic life, that brings you joy.

If you had a broken arm you’d wear a sling – isn’t it even more important to look after your mind, your heart and soul?

A person’s sexuality is as unique as the intricacies of your personality.

Amanda Wells

Counselling and Psychotherapy Dip Couns MBACP

One of the biggest mistakes we can make is to look out there and think that everyone else has got it well put together, like they know what they’re doing. We compare our insides with everyone else’s outsides – that’s never going to be a fair comparison. People have a good presenting self but essentially everyone has their own stuff going on behind those eyes. We’re all just winging it, trying our best to live in a fast paced world. Therapy can help us to be our best self and at peace.